Institute of Medicine Schedules 2014-2016 Round of Agent Orange Studies
Project ScopeAn ad hoc committee will undertake an updated review and evaluation of the available scientific evidence regarding the statistical association between exposure to dioxin and other...
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Okay. Your point? Should I do something differently to help on this?RSW
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I am presenting on Monday, following the IOM's morning closed session. Is there anything you'd suggest being brought to the committee's attention?
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rustysilverwings wrote:I am presenting on Monday, following the IOM's morning closed session. Is there anything you'd suggest being brought to the committee's attention?Sure!Some additional cardiac...
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Okay. Your point? Should I do something differently to help on this?I already told you what my point was. Yes.1. Create your own site and talk to the people with interest in your cause. 2. Talk to...
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As I understand it, additional cardiac info is being presented by others, and is outside my competence by far. I'm supposed to address regulatory issues, claims processes, historical issues, not the...
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I'm not sure about the insanity bit. The IOM process is set up by VA, not us, and I assume this community has much to offer as well as much to ask of that process. The pulpit is theirs, not mine. Is...
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Everyone slow your roll. Help if you can but lets not let important issues get clouded by emotions. I don't want to close this thread.
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No, actually it isn't a VA process at all. It's a Congressional Process. Try reading the AO Act. In the Act, Congress REQUIRED the DVA contract the IOM for the biennial reports. They also added two...
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Is there anything in the realm of regulatory issues, claims processes, or historical issues that readers believe could be productively brought to the committee's attention?
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As an Army retiree with some exposure to agent orange and having gone through the VAs Agent Orange Registry and receiving the newsletter on a somewhat irregular basis, I get the bulk of my agent...
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An issue that may be of interest is the number of vets with chronic peripheral neuropathy (CPN) without diabetes and more than one year out of country. Reading a number of articles that suggest that...
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I reviewed a rating of a viet vet who was awarded 10% for anemia related to Non Hodgkins lymphoma while the VA awarded 0% for NHL because according to the rating letter the vet was not receiving...
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manwithnoname wrote:I reviewed a rating of a viet vet who was awarded 10% for anemia related to Non Hodgkins lymphoma while the VA awarded 0% for NHL because according to the rating letter the vet was...
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Nick, I'd be interested to hear if there are any discussion regarding COPD. I believe the last IOM report indicated the VA was going to conduct an epidemiological study on this disease and the summer...
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This new committee met in closed door session, and invited the public and interested parties in to their open session which was only four hours long. There will be other open sessions, the next at the...
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Regarding Joltingjoe and manwithnoname, you're both absolutely correct. Once my treatment for NHL was completed, the VA terminated my AO benefits saying that I was symptom free and not being treated....
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There is no C-123 issue before this committee. I appeared at their initial meeting to present general Agent Orange concerns, and was the only veterans' organization represented. Again, no C-123...
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What is a condition called "NHL"
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non-hodgkin's lymphoma, one of the AO presumptives
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